A
Abbott, Sir John 44
Aberhart, William “Bible Bill” 402
Act to Amend the Customs Act 222
Act to Amend the Customs Tariff 222
Addis, Sir Charles 301
Air Canada 277
Aird, John 269
Aird Commission/Report 269-272, 272
Aitken, Maxwell. See Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord
Aitken, Peter 97
Alberta (provincehood) 45, 47, 48, 50, 52-58, 60, 61
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway 68, 71, 73
Alberta Bill of Rights Act 461
Alberta Hotel (Calgary) 41, 42, 46, 52, 67
Alberta Pacific Grain Company 64, 98, 99, 135, 238
Alberta Wheat Pool 130
Alliance Trust Company 99
Aluminum Company of Canada (ALCAN) 450
American Federation of Labor Railways Employees Department 243
American Food Administration 287
American Union Carbide and Carbon Company 261
Ames, Alfred 352
Amphitheatre Rink (Winnipeg) 148, 166, 192
Anderson, Harry 252
anti-Americanism 75, 131, 132, 173, 188, 195
anti-Catholicism 177, 181, 182
anti-Semitism 181
Argentina 255
Ashcroft, R.W. 276
Atkinson, Robert 439
Australia 29, 231, 253, 255, 380, 426, 438
Autonomy Act 58
Bank of Canada 17, 25, 71, 84, 134, 268, 294, 294-312, 298, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 373, 399, 401
Bank of Commerce 48, 294, 311, 352, 459
Bank of England 294, 295, 301, 308
Bank of Montreal 48, 65, 71, 125, 192, 241, 242, 243, 294, 309, 310
Bank of Nova Scotia 48
Bank of Toronto 302
banks 84, 294, 296, 298, 302, 303, 305, 309, 310, 311, 390, 401, 402
Banting, Frederick 387
Bassett Sr., John 180
Beatty, Sir Edward 185, 241-243, 276, 358, 452, 453
Beaubien, Charles 164
Beauchesne, Arthur 387
Beauharnois Power Corporation 197, 282, 283, 292, 293
Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord 11, 19, 23, 33, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 63, 64, 65, 75, 76, 81, 86, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 106, 108, 112, 119, 121, 129, 134, 146, 152, 156, 192, 194, 195, 231, 247, 258, 278, 387, 412, 426, 438, 439, 449, 453, 457, 462
Bennett relationship 11, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 64, 65, 81, 91, 97, 195, 247, 258, 387, 426, 439
business interests 63-65, 86, 90, 99, 134, 152, 258
correspondence 76, 81, 90, 95, 96, 106, 108, 112, 119, 121, 129, 152, 157, 192, 194, 195, 439
and Empire Crusade 75, 76, 194, 195, 247, 248
Begin, Cardinal Louis-Nazaire 103
Belgium 128
Bennett, Benjamin 29
Bennett, Evelyn. See Coates, Evelyn (Bennett) (sister)
Bennett, George (brother) 28, 92, 94, 95
Bennett, Henrietta (Stiles) (mother) 21, 27, 28, 30, 59, 60, 93, 116, 199, 200, 207, 415
Bennett, Henry (brother) 28
Bennett, Henry (father) 28, 29, 30, 60
Bennett, Joan (niece) 95
Bennett, Mildred. See Herridge, Mildred (Bennett) (sister)
Bennett, Nathan 29
Bennett, Richard Bedford
accommodations 15, 41, 42, 93, 99, 100, 113, 126, 135, 202, 439, 440, 441, 444, 445, 446, 447, 452, 459, 460
accomplishments 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
ambition 20, 22, 37, 38, 39, 44, 50, 66, 74, 79, 102, 107, 108, 112, 119, 123, 127, 226, 241, 414, 426, 463
as legal counsel 36, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 63, 65, 67, 71-73, 98, 111, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125, 126, 408, 461, 462
business interests
CPR 45, 48, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 86, 98, 192
directorships 16, 62, 64, 65, 86, 98, 99, 135, 298, 415, 447, 448, 461
E.B. Eddy 98, 114, 115, 116, 127, 134, 447, 448, 456
family background 27, 28, 29, 30. See also specific Bennett names
fiscal policy 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312
fundraising 43, 53, 62, 87, 92, 93, 178, 181, 191, 192, 393, 394, 395, 405, 416, 451, 457
health 33, 35, 59, 100, 113, 131, 135, 149, 210, 279, 311, 333, 383, 385, 386, 388, 390, 401, 416, 426, 427, 428, 429, 440, 459, 460
intelligence/memory 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 30, 35, 42, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 104, 139, 210, 387, 435, 436, 437, 451
leadership style 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 46, 166, 226, 254, 256, 267, 312, 313, 353, 356, 360, 377, 383, 391, 411
in caucus 168, 210, 211, 212, 256, 257, 276, 359, 361, 388, 417, 427
opposition to 18, 208, 209, 211, 214, 397, 399, 403, 404, 411
letters to 233, 234, 235, 251, 270, 272, 276, 302, 307, 308, 311, 315, 322, 326, 327, 329, 330, 333, 355, 370, 371, 383, 416, 427, 430, 442, 443, 446, 451, 452, 456, 463
lifestyle 15, 31, 33, 42, 60, 91, 97, 99, 113, 135, 227, 232, 258, 387, 426, 435, 444, 445, 459
love of reading 33, 36, 63, 99, 100, 202, 445, 462
move to England 19, 76, 108, 110, 257, 438, 439, 440, 444
oratorical skills 17, 21, 22, 42, 44, 47, 48, 69, 86, 108, 139, 155, 156, 182, 183, 192, 193, 196, 210, 451. See also Bennett, Richard Bedford: speeches
peerage 15, 19, 453, 454, 455, 458
perception of by others
Baldwin 252
Borden 23, 56, 85, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 192, 236
Mackenzie King 88, 166, 206, 207, 291, 343, 363, 403, 443, 453, 460, 462
MacLean 43
newspapers 45, 50, 53, 65, 66, 69, 70, 77, 88, 139, 144, 145, 157, 209, 234, 235, 251, 252, 304, 326, 327, 370, 375, 376, 404, 434, 435, 436, 443, 446, 451
Watts 311
personality 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 60, 63, 66, 67, 71, 95-97, 99, 107, 135, 175, 200, 202, 207, 208, 211, 225, 226, 233, 362, 382
philanthropy 19, 20, 63, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101, 233, 234, 456, 457, 458, 459, 463
physical appearance 15, 24, 35, 42, 83, 119, 203, 232, 385, 460
political courage 22, 77, 86, 87, 88, 89, 193, 286, 414, 417
political donations 121, 177, 178, 180, 192, 368
political philosophy 21, 22, 48, 50, 60, 119, 173, 196, 202, 313, 398, 403
corporate balance 48, 51, 61, 83, 86-88, 161, 272, 298, 304, 312, 328, 344, 353, 362, 367, 369, 389
role of government 18, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 111, 132, 155, 160, 161, 162, 182, 196, 201, 229, 246, 256, 260, 277, 323, 341, 363, 365, 366, 369-374, 380, 454, 455
political tactician 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 66, 67, 103, 165, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 318, 382
religious beliefs 12, 15, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 42, 44, 50, 58, 60, 62, 89, 90, 200, 207
romantic relationships 32, 33, 35, 38, 42, 126, 257, 258
speeches 21, 22, 35, 37, 44, 47, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 78, 93, 136, 154, 156, 171, 172, 173, 193, 194, 196, 201, 225, 231, 242, 258, 260, 264, 284, 287, 305, 320, 359, 363, 364, 366-370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 383, 398, 400, 401, 404, 405, 409, 431, 432, 441, 443, 451, 454, 455. See also Bennett, Richard Bedford, oratorical skills
temper 20, 23, 24, 43, 45, 87, 109, 213, 254, 326, 356, 378, 379, 391
vision of Canada 18, 26, 52, 58, 74, 75, 81-83, 89, 111, 132, 155, 160, 161, 162, 165, 193, 194, 195, 196, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 247, 258, 277, 284, 351, 367, 421, 443
work ethic 22, 36, 42, 63, 82, 197, 207, 390, 401
Bennett, Ronald (brother) 28, 94, 95, 458, 460
Bennett, Samuel 28
Bennett, Zadoc 28-29
Bennett Hannah and Sanford 124, 126
Bennett Jones 126
Berton, Pierre 240
Bessborough, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of, Governor General 287, 334, 392
Best, W.L. 243
Beveridge, Sir William 454
Beveridge Report 455
big business 82, 83, 86, 88, 161, 254, 350, 351, 363, 374, 402, 413
Bill to Incorporate the Bank of Canada 306
Bird, Reverend Thomas 142
Birks, W.M. 271
Black, Conrad 483
Bliss, Michael 24
Blow, Dr. T.H. 67
Board of Commerce and Industry 399
Boivin, George 137
Bolivia 255
Bonar Law-Bennett Library Building 94
Bonner, Harold 283
Booth, J.R. 114
Borah, William 292
Borden, Sir Robert 20, 32, 54, 55, 77, 79, 81, 82, 88, 92, 96, 97, 116, 117, 118, 127, 136, 152, 153, 161, 164, 166, 220, 227, 236, 257, 275, 295, 301, 325, 367, 414, 453
at Conservative convention (1927) 149, 151, 162, 165, 170, 431
conscription 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 112, 160, 172
correspondence with Bennett 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 76, 107, 110, 112, 114, 462
opinion of Bennett 23, 56, 85, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 192
and Union government 106, 107, 130, 221, 222, 396
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie 44
Bowman, Charles 269
Bracken, John 130
Breadner, R.W. 250
British Board of Trade 251
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 231, 278
British Joint Air Transport Committee 455
British Manufacturing and Research Company (MARC) 449
British North America Act 229, 274, 382, 419, 422
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 19, 455
Bronfman, Samuel 128
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen 243
Brown, George 50
Bruce, Stanley 253
Bruchési, Monseigneur Louis 105
Buck, Tim 129, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 347
Bulgaria 380
Bureau, Jacques 138
Bureau of Statistics 353
Byng, Julian, Lord Baron of Vimy, Governor General 133, 137, 140-142, 144, 151, 205
C
Cahan, Charles Hazlitt 152, 153, 154, 155, 161, 171, 172, 204, 256, 351, 354, 355, 377, 392, 406, 414, 417, 430, 467
Calgary Brewing and Malting Company 461
Calgary Merchants Association 349
Calgary Petroleum Products Company 99
Calgary Power Company 64, 98, 135
Calgary Stampede 458
Calgary Trusts and Guaranty Company 124
Campbell, Kim 410
Canada Cement Company 64, 65, 98, 135
Canada Pension Plan 136
Canadian, The 180, 392, 393, 394, 404, 416
Canadian Association of Broadcasters 276
Canadian Bankers Association 185, 303, 304, 306, 461
Canadian Bar Association 271, 459
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) 17, 25, 267, 268, 278, 280, 312, 405
Canadian Cement 135
Canadian Chamber of Commerce 308, 349
Canadian Club (Ottawa) 367, 368, 400, 443
Canadian Construction Association 383
Canadian Corps 92
Canadian Council on Child Welfare 458
Canadian Criminal Code 324, 325, 327, 339, 345, 388, 399, 401, 402, 413, 418
Canadian Deep Waterways and Power Association 285
Canadian General Electric 134
Canadian identity 58, 74, 75, 76, 102, 108, 111, 117, 193, 223, 236, 246
Canadian independence 17, 18, 150, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229, 236, 260, 286
Canadian Labour Defence League 326
Canadian League 205
Canadian Legal Realist Movement 421
Canadian Legion 271
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association 102, 249, 349
Canadian National Carbon Company 261
Canadian National Railway (CNR) 85, 86, 88, 118, 136, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 397, 398
Canadian Northern Railway 68, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 99, 117
Canadian Northern Railway Aid Bill 88
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) 39, 40, 41, 45, 48, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 86, 98, 159, 160, 185, 192, 240-242, 244, 245, 358, 397, 452
Canadian Radio and Television Commission 277
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act 278
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) 268, 278-280, 368, 399, 405
Canadian War Records Office 97
Capone, Al 128
Cartier, George-Étienne 145, 174
Castro, Fidel 215
Central Selling Agency 238
Centre for Canadian Studies 94
Centre for Learning Technologies 94
Chamberlain, Joseph 52, 75, 248, 251, 252, 253, 449
Chambers, W.J. 123
Chaplin, Charlie 128, 130, 224
Chaplin, J.D. 178
Château Club (Ottawa) 99, 135, 143
Château Laurier (Ottawa) 169, 202, 235, 273, 366, 383, 430, 439, 446
child care benefits 185
child labour 162
Chrétien, Aline 360
Chrétien, Jean 208, 212, 259, 265, 360, 402, 483
Chrétien, Raymond 212
Churchill, Winston 34, 449, 453, 460
Civil War 292
CKY 280
Clark, Clifford 248, 299, 300, 380
Clarke, Champ 74
Clarke, G.H. 413
Claxton, Brooke 274
Clement, Wallace 362
Cleveland, Grover 343
Clinton, Bill 265
Cloakey, George 46
Clysdale, William 175
Coates, Evelyn (Bennett) (sister) 28, 93, 94, 113, 458
Coates, Dr. Horace 94
Coates, Richard Bedford (nephew) 94
Cochrane, Frank 126
Code, Redmond 170, 171, 178, 179, 180, 392
Colonial Laws Validity Act 227, 228, 232
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 262, 270
Colville, Hazel Beatrice 257, 258
commercial union 75, 76, 77, 247
Commons Committee on Railways, Canals, and Telegraph Lines 93, 432
communism 18, 19, 129, 215, 269, 315, 318, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325, 327, 331, 332, 335, 337, 340, 341, 343, 344, 347, 371, 398, 399, 400, 402, 437
Communist Party of Canada 129, 318, 321, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 343
Companies Act Amendment 390
Confederation 58, 132, 143, 154, 162, 203, 240, 294, 400, 422
Connaught and Strathearn, Prince Arthur, Duke of, Governor General 92
Connaught, Princess Patricia of 92
conscription 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 117, 120, 129, 149, 160, 172
Conservative Business Men’s Club 171
Conservative Party 12, 16, 22, 24, 31, 36, 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 67, 79, 81, 106, 109, 113, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147, 153, 154, 159, 160, 162, 163, 167, 169, 172, 175, 180, 181, 197, 199, 206, 236, 257, 276, 352, 356, 357, 362, 363, 365, 375, 376, 392, 393, 395, 396, 399, 403, 405, 410, 412, 429, 434, 435, 438, 441, 468
Alberta 60, 61, 67, 71, 74, 79, 121, 140
British Columbia 176
conventions 22, 55-57, 59, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 162, 165, 166, 169-171, 403, 428, 429, 430-434, 434, 438
leadership 54, 79, 113, 117, 132, 140, 145, 147, 155-157, 159, 167, 192, 201, 206, 282, 290, 358, 402, 426, 427, 431
New Brunswick 176
newspapers 74, 153, 157, 180, 181, 182, 346, 454
Nova Scotia 153
Ontario 126
policies 24, 52, 56, 59, 81, 85, 88, 126, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 192, 195, 196, 197, 226, 272, 303, 365, 371, 372, 403, 421
problems 55, 79, 106, 109, 118, 121, 143, 226, 310, 314, 353-357, 362, 375, 376, 391, 395, 396, 405, 410-412
Saskatchewan 177
Cook, Warren 358
Coolidge, Calvin 287
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) 145, 158, 162, 189, 303, 304, 320, 328, 332, 337, 370, 372, 377, 402, 403, 410, 411
corporate tax 423
Cosgrove, Jack 339
Costa Rica 255
Cotnam, Ira 321
Cotton, Dr. Thomas 462
Court of Appeal 38
CRCO 368
Creighton, Donald 280
Crerar, Thomas 130
Criminal Code Amendment Act 388, 389
Crown Trust 48
Crow’s Nest Pass Agreement 240
Cuba 215
Cunningham, Colonel D.G.L. 457
Currie, General Sir Arthur 271
Customs Department scandal 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
Dalhousie Law School 36, 38, 40
Dalhousie University 36, 38, 40, 94, 100, 116, 443, 457, 458, 459
Davidson, Andrew 400
Davidson, W.M. 65
Davis, Bill 175
de Casson, Dollier 281
De Cosmos, Amor 176
Denmark 450
Depression 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 89, 101, 183, 184, 186, 197, 198, 201, 216, 217, 218, 219, 225, 228, 234, 236, 239, 241, 256, 264, 272, 276, 279, 287, 296, 299, 300, 302, 312, 314, 315, 323, 328, 351, 356, 364, 365, 366, 367, 373, 374, 380, 390, 396, 401, 402, 414, 419, 422, 424, 436, 454, 457
Dexter, Grant 144
Diefenbaker, John 38, 39, 143, 375, 431, 440
Dingman, Archibald 99
Disraeli, Benjamin 12, 21, 35, 52, 202
Dominion Bank 310
Dominion Bureau of Statistics 216, 248
Dominion Companies Act 373
Dominion Notes Act 309
Dominion Stores 273
Dominion Trade and Industry Commission Act 389
Donaldson, Gordon 24
Douglas, Tommy 372
Drayton, Sir Henry 141, 142, 144, 152, 155
Drummond, H.R. 194
Drury, Ernest (E.C.) 130
Duff, Lyman 243, 244, 245, 367, 387
Dundurn Camp 337
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company 204
Dunning, Charles 144, 145, 188, 189, 282
Duranleau, Alfred 211, 270, 274, 403, 465, 466
Economic Council of Canada 373, 384, 398, 399
Eddy, Ezra (E.B.) 32, 114, 115, 116
Eddy, Jennie (Shirreff) 32, 98, 100, 114, 115, 116, 127, 134, 458
Edward VII, King 53
Edward VIII, King 425
Eight Men Speak (play) 326
Eisenhower, Dwight 294
elections
by-elections 49, 51, 59, 139, 141, 204, 320, 395, 396
Chatham municipal (1896) 37
federal (1900, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1930, 1935) 17, 50, 73, 75-79, 120, 121, 122, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 151, 169-182, 191-202, 391-405, 409-414
NWT (1898, 1900, 1902) 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Electro Metallurgical Company of Canada 261
Elizabeth, Queen 426
Elizabeth II, Queen 461
Elliot, William 265
Emergency Bank Act 364
Empire Crusade 75, 76, 194, 195, 247, 248
Employment and Social Insurance Act 380, 382, 418
Ernst, William 465
Evans, Arthur “Slim” 321, 322, 331, 331-334, 332, 333, 334, 337, 337-343, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 347, 359
F
Farmer’s Creditors Arrangement Act 389, 399, 419
farmers 12, 16, 17, 28, 48, 50, 54, 67, 76, 78, 83, 89, 90, 101, 102, 111, 112, 118, 120, 121, 122, 130, 132, 135, 143, 144, 154, 158, 182, 183, 184, 193, 199, 200, 201, 217, 218, 231, 236, 237, 238, 239, 243, 255, 256, 301, 302, 303, 308, 330, 337, 379, 384, 389, 403, 405
federal-provincial conferences 228, 232, 380, 382, 425
federal-provincial relations 58, 59, 69, 137, 221, 222, 227, 228, 229, 233, 238, 281, 284, 290, 314, 333, 382, 422-425
Federal Reserve (US) 183, 294, 298
Federated Shopmen 244
Ferguson, Howard 147, 150-152, 155, 175, 205, 282, 283, 388, 407, 408, 411, 412, 432
Finlayson, Rod 273, 366, 367, 378, 380, 384, 385, 395, 401, 403, 409, 419, 429
First World War 21, 90-97, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 147, 152, 184, 205, 220, 223, 226, 240, 271, 286, 287, 295, 297, 316, 332, 376, 396
fishermen 28, 128, 182, 218, 236
Flaherty, Jim 186
Flavelle, Sir Joseph 352, 353, 354
Fleming, O.E. 285
Fleming, Sandford 65
Ford, Henry 137
Ford Motor Company of Canada 218, 219
Fordham, R.G. 318
Fordney-McCumber Act 131, 224, 225
Forke, Robert 142
Foster, Sir George 163
France 94, 96, 97, 128, 224, 254, 301
Franchise Act 339
free trade 74, 75, 77, 78, 193, 194, 195, 246, 247, 248, 250, 376, 402
freight rates 48, 66, 76, 120, 243, 245
Friedman, Milton 312
Frigon, Augustin 269
Fudger, Harris 352
Fuller Brush 273
Galt, A.C. 420
Gardiner, Jimmy 323, 336, 337, 341
Gardiner, Robert 283
Garment Manufacturers 358
Garrison Club (Quebec City) 103
Gatineau Power Company 447
Gault, Andrew 92
Geary, George 466
Gendron, Lucien 466
General Motors 308
Genoa Conference (1922) 295
George II, King 28
Georgian Bay Canal Project 146
Germany 91, 224, 254, 380, 426, 437, 438, 448
Glassford, Larry 24
Gobeil, Samuel 466
gold (standard) 129, 163, 176, 239, 255, 280, 294, 295, 297, 298, 301, 303, 305, 309-311, 310, 311. See also monetary policy
Gomery, John 211
Good and Services Tax (GST) 146
Gordon, C.B. 310
Gordon, Wesley 206, 356, 358, 393, 394, 465, 466
Gray, James 23
Great Britain 18, 29, 34, 64, 66, 74, 75, 97, 108, 109, 110, 123, 146, 150, 226, 227, 371, 372, 406, 455, 462
conservatism 12, 21, 160, 175, 193, 196, 421
monetary policy 255, 294, 297, 301, 305
public radio 268
ties to Canada 76, 77, 91, 159, 160, 172, 188, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 260, 297, 382, 387, 421, 430, 431, 456, 461
trade 19, 82, 165, 187, 188, 194, 195, 225, 229, 230, 231, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 258, 259, 261, 266, 273, 287, 375, 397, 398, 450,
unemployment insurance 380
Great West Life Insurance 48
Greenwood, Hamar, 1st Viscount 454
Grey Owl 16
Guatemala 255
Guevara, Che 215
Guthrie, Hugh 142, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 171, 172, 200, 203, 226, 336, 388, 391, 403, 466
Hailsham, Lord Douglas Hogg 454
Haiti 255
Haldane, Richard 72
Halibut Treaty 223
Halifax Explosion 135
Halifax Platform 81, 85, 136, 160
Halifax Sewer Workers 330
Hamilton, Alexander 295
Hankey, Maurice 230
Hannah, Alexander 124
Hanson, Richard 242, 355, 389, 467
Hardisty, Richard 40
Harmer, Bill 110
Harper, Stephen 186, 211, 414, 423
Harris, Joseph 432
Harris, Mike 137
Haultain, Frederick 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61
Heighington, Wilfrid 375, 417, 418
Henry, George 290
Herridge, Bill 94, 195, 205, 206, 212, 226, 230, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 273, 288, 289, 292, 293, 359, 364, 364-368, 378, 401, 429, 432
Herridge, Mildred (Bennett) (sister)
marriage of 205, 206, 273, 378
political support of 148, 199, 206, 232, 409
relationship with Bennett 28, 60, 91, 93, 115, 202
travels 91, 97, 112, 146, 226, 232, 258, 273, 387, 426, 445
Hertzog, James 386
Hitler, Adolf 181, 346, 404, 406, 431, 437, 451, 456, 459
Holloway, Frank 411
Hoover, Herbert 179, 187, 224, 259, 262, 271, 287, 287-291, 288, 289, 290, 291, 294, 364, 365
Hoover-Bennett Treaty. See St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty
Hopkins, Jack 69
Horowitz, Gad 159
Hours of Work Act 419
House of Commons (British) 34, 448, 454
House of Commons (Canadian) 58, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 99, 101, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 132, 133, 136, 139, 108, 140, 141, 144, 203, 206, 209, 249, 261, 283, 347, 387, 443
House of Lords 15, 19, 34, 301, 453, 454, 455, 458, 460
Howard, H. 303
Howard, Horace 124
Howe, Joseph 203
Hughes, Sir Sam 92
Hull, Cordell 263
Hungary 407
Hutchison, Bruce 22, 187, 201, 386, 435, 436
Hyndman, James 391
Imperial Bank 269
Imperial Conferences (1923) 150
Imperial Conferences (1926) 223
Imperial Conferences (1930) 196, 226-232, 361
Imperial Conferences (1932) 245-255, 257, 258, 263, 287, 299, 398, 454
Imperial Conferences (1937) 437
Imperial Munitions Board 352
Imperial Oil 99
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire 271
Imperial Preference Party 76
Imperial Tobacco 273
income tax 106, 129, 234, 422, 423
India 255
inflation 129, 238, 239, 294, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301
Innisfail Riot 330
interest rates 294, 296, 300, 305, 307, 398
International Paper Union 330
International Radio Telegraph Convention 274
International Workers of the World 321
Ireland 255
Irrigation Colonization Company 98
Irvine, Howard 302
Italy 224, 295, 380, 402-409, 438
Jones, George 148
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 72, 73, 123, 228, 274, 382, 419, 420-423, 461
Juniper Hill Estate (England) 15, 439, 440, 444, 445, 446, 447, 452, 459, 460, 462
Kelso, John J. 90
Kemp, Sir Albert 257
Kennedy, Donald 138
Kennedy, John F. 213, 265, 364
Keynes, John Maynard 238, 366, 367
Kingston, George 220
Kiwanis Club 440
Klein, Ralph 423
Ku Klux Klan 177
labour unions 48, 49, 62, 129, 223, 244, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 337, 380, 427
Labrie, Charles 450
laissez-faire economics 12, 24, 25, 82, 161, 256, 351, 366, 371, 374, 377, 378, 454
Lapointe, Ernest 145, 282, 343, 344, 381, 382, 396, 409
Lash, Zebulon 85
Laurier, Wilfrid 20, 38, 39, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85, 102, 105, 109, 115, 120, 144, 150, 160, 192, 193, 248, 366, 388
Law Society of New Brunswick 459
Law Society of Upper Canada 459
Layton, Jack 162
League of Nations 116, 160, 223, 354, 406, 406-409, 407, 408, 409
League of Nations Society 235
Lenin, Vladimir 325
Liberal-Conservative Party. See Conservative Party
Liberal Party 69, 87, 106, 110, 117, 123, 127, 133, 142, 154, 416
conventions 147
leadership 57, 60, 68, 102, 105, 118, 120, 132, 143, 144, 145, 146, 160, 177, 190, 265, 282, 328, 396, 398, 403, 404
newspapers 47, 50, 51, 54, 139, 157, 166, 180, 181, 198, 209, 234, 244, 346, 353
opposition to Bennett 43, 53, 61, 62, 65, 68, 77, 78, 121, 122, 132, 144, 176, 195, 384, 388, 397, 401
policies 143, 146, 165, 188, 195, 245, 246, 285, 303, 371, 374, 381, 397, 403, 418, 419
problems 58, 59, 75, 77, 79, 118, 130, 138, 139, 141, 143, 177, 190, 191, 197, 198, 245, 284, 360
Lightfoot, Gordon 240
Lincoln, Abraham 208
Lind, John 281
Lipset, Robert 170, 178, 179, 180, 195, 392
Lisson, Thomas 358
Lloyd George, David 34
Locomotive Engineers of the Canadian Pacific system 244
Logan, Samuel 311
London Conference. See Imperial Conference (1930)
Lougheed, Clarence 126
Lougheed, Edgar 124
Lougheed, Isabella (Belle) (Hardisty) 40
Lougheed, Sir James 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 55, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65, 79, 98, 99, 109, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 162
Lougheed, Peter 126
Lougheed and Taylor 113
Lougheed Bennett 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 63, 64, 98, 99, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125-126
Lougheed, Bennett, McLaws and Company 125
Lougheed McLaws Sinclair and Redman 124
Lowney 273
Lunney, Harry 143
M
Macdonald, A.D. 62
Macdonald, Sir John A. 12, 38, 40, 44, 56, 79, 80, 117, 118, 138, 145, 148, 154, 158, 159, 160, 162, 172, 174, 192, 201, 203, 212, 220, 222, 227, 228, 229, 240, 250, 361, 372, 415, 421, 422, 423, 468
Macdonald, John Alexander 403, 466
Macdonald, Malcolm 250
MacDonald, Ramsay 297
Macdonald, William A. 344
Machiavelli, Niccolò 221
MacKay, Peter 414
Mackenzie, William 84, 85, 86, 87, 88
Mackenzie, William Lyon 120
Mackenzie King, William Lyon 19, 20, 24, 25, 88, 115, 118, 120, 121, 131-133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 152, 164, 166, 180, 181, 182, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 190-202, 191, 192, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 205, 206, 212, 213, 223, 227, 235, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 252, 257, 258, 262, 265, 266, 269, 271, 273, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 290, 291, 295, 297, 304, 307, 311, 317, 324, 342, 343, 344, 363, 367, 371, 375, 378, 379, 381, 382, 389, 396, 397, 398, 398-414, 399, 401, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 413, 414, 418, 419, 424, 425, 426, 434, 436, 437, 442, 443, 444, 451, 452, 453, 460, 462, 483
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion 343
MacLaren, Murray 466
Maclean, William 295
Maclean’s magazine 208, 225, 423, 435
Macmillan, Ernest 387
MacMillan Commission 301-305, 308
Macnaghten, Lord Edward 73
MacNicol, John 430
MacNider, Hanford 289
MacPherson, Murdoch 432, 433, 434
Manion, Dr. R.J. 20, 142, 152, 153, 154, 155, 198, 200, 203, 207, 242, 243, 245, 250, 287, 290, 315, 316, 317, 319, 337, 338, 339, 342, 343, 350, 356, 358, 377, 384, 391, 393, 394, 396, 432, 433, 434, 440, 444, 467
Manitoba Schools Question 160
Manufacturer’s Finance Company 152
Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto) 327, 403, 409
Marconi Radio Company 270
Martin, Tony 343
Massey, Denton 432
Massey-Harris Company 48, 273, 432
McAuley, T.A. 393
McCrea, Charles 350
McGill University 116, 181, 271, 278, 316, 370, 396
McGillivary, Alexander 140, 154
McKenna, Frank 244
McKinnon, Hector 250
McLaws, William 64, 114, 124, 125
McNaughton, General Andrew 288, 289, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319
McNickle, John 358
McRae, Major General A.D. 147, 148, 152, 155, 157, 162, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 198, 205, 392, 428
Medicare 373
Meighen, Arthur 20, 84, 85, 87, 105, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 203, 204, 206, 209, 220, 243, 244, 245, 275, 347, 350, 358, 403, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 442, 451, 452, 466
Merchants Bank 48
Merriam, Arthur 207
Metropolitan Life 134
Michels, Robert 158
Michener, Edward 110
Might, O.E. 125
Military Service Act 105, 111, 117
Military Service Bill 107
Military Voters Act 106
Millar, Alice 33, 95, 104, 124, 126, 146, 202, 207, 227, 387, 430, 440, 445-448, 451, 458, 459, 460, 463
Millar, Charles 342
Millen, G.H. 116
minimum wage 18, 379, 388, 399, 418
Ministry of Aircraft Production (Britain) 449-451, 455
Moirs Candy Company 100
monetary policy 84, 268, 298, 299, 300, 311, 312, 373, 374
Montpetit, Edouard 174
Montreal, Ottawa, and Georgian Bay Canal Company 146
Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Philip 112
Morand Commission 277
Morrow, Frederick 396
Mount Allison University 93, 94, 457, 458, 459
Mulroney, Brian 162, 203, 209, 228, 376, 413, 423
Murphy, Rex 208
Murphy, Thomas 465
Murray, G.M. 102
Murray, Gladstone 278, 279, 280
Mussolini, Benito 346, 404, 407, 409, 437
National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) 270
National Citizens Coalition 186
National Council of the Canadian Radio League (CRL) 270, 271, 273-275
National Council of Women 271
national highway system 165
National Hockey League 219
National News Service 179, 180, 392
National Research Council 389
National Service Act 103
National Service Board 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 110, 172
National Shoe Retailers’ Association 348
National Trust Company 352
National Unemployed Workers Association 321, 329
Natural Products Marketing Act 373, 389, 399, 419
Naval Service Act 75
Neilson 273
Neilson, Peter 343
New Brunswick Museum 463
New Brunswick Normal School 459
New Brunswick Regiment 456
New Deal 11, 12, 19, 260, 264, 292, 327, 333, 356, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368, 372, 376, 377, 379, 381, 382, 384, 394, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 442, 443
New Democratic Party (NDP) 162
New York Power Authority Act 291
Nobel, Randolph 213, 298, 299, 300, 486
Nolan, H.G. 125
Nolan, Paddy 67
Northern Ireland 380
Northwest Territories 40, 41, 44-47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 61
old-age pensions 18, 25, 136, 163, 165, 182, 185, 239, 240, 371, 379, 466
Old Age Pensions Act 372
On to Ottawa Trek 314, 334-340, 345, 347, 359, 390, 392, 400, 413
O’Neill, Paddy 343
One Big Union 321
one-man government 18, 208, 209, 211, 214, 397, 399, 403, 404, 411, 413, 417, 437
Orange Lodge 59
Oriental Exclusion League 164
Osborne, J.A.C. 308
Ottawa Club 145
Ottawa Conference. See Imperial Conference (1932)
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra 458
Ottawa Welfare Bureau 458
Palmer, George 330
Panama 255
Parti Québécois 163
Passchendaele, battle 223, 337
Pattullo, Duff 319, 321, 322, 333, 343
Pearson, Reverend Edwin 347
Pearson, Lester 159, 212, 213, 214, 226, 250, 263, 265, 347, 361, 372, 387
Pepsodent 273
Perley, Sir George 142, 152, 178, 200, 203, 237, 351, 377, 384, 417, 466
Peru 255
Phelps, W.W. 233
Pickford, Mary 224
Power, Charles Gavan “Chubby” 192, 209
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act 384
Price Spreads and Mass Buying Commission 352
Price Spreads Commission 350, 354-356, 361, 362, 372, 373, 375, 378, 388, 389, 401, 402
Princess Patricia Light Infantry Division 92, 94
Privy Council 72, 73, 123, 204, 228, 232, 274, 382, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 461
Progressive Party 121, 123, 130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 177, 201
Protestant Infants’ Home and Hospital 458
public works programs 53, 239, 339, 384, 397
Queen’s University 212, 248, 299, 413, 457
Queen’s University (Belfast) 232
Racey, A. 404
radio addresses 19, 156, 157, 192, 200, 231, 232, 235, 262, 264, 287, 305, 309, 327, 356, 359, 364, 367, 368, 376, 377, 378, 379, 381, 390, 398, 402, 406, 420, 425
radio broadcasting 269, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280
Radio Broadcasting Under Private Ownership 272
Rae, Bob 137
Railroad Brotherhoods 243
Rainville, Joseph 172, 173, 174, 175, 178, 181
Ranchman’s Club (Calgary) 99
RCMP. See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Reagan, Ronald 401
recession 118, 121, 129, 130, 183, 185, 222, 296
Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act 262, 263, 264
reciprocity agreement 74, 75, 76
Reciprocity Treaty 248
Reconstruction Party 392, 399, 402, 403, 410, 412, 414
Red Cross 92
Alberta 92
Canada 449
Red Tories. See Toryism
Regina Manifesto 304, 372, 402
Regina Riot/Inquiry 159, 314, 341-346, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 392, 487
Regina Riot Inquiry Commission 324
relief 18, 24, 89, 135, 136, 185, 217, 221, 222, 237, 238, 239, 267, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 364, 365, 369, 373, 381, 384, 390, 401, 402, 403, 418, 422, 424
Relief and Public Works Construction Act 384
Relief Bill 324
relief bills 237, 238, 239, 324, 384
relief camps 313, 314, 316-320, 322, 323, 331-344
Relief Camp Workers’ Union (RCWU) 319, 320, 321, 322, 338
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 367, 438
Report of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation in Canada 88
Research and Publicity Bureau 178
Rhodes, Cecil 52
Rhodes, Edgar 52, 152, 164, 176, 177, 203, 210, 248, 300, 301, 306, 310, 351, 358, 384, 403, 465
Richardson, Edith (Shirreff) 134
Richmond, Margaret 338
Riddell, Dr. W.A. 407, 408, 409
Riding Mountain Relief Camp 318
Rink, Cornelius 336
riots 18, 159, 186, 328-334, 346, 390
Robertson, Gideon 206, 210, 315, 316, 466
Rockefeller Foundation 120
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 192, 221, 239, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 286, 290, 291, 292, 293, 300, 301, 363, 364, 365, 366, 370, 376, 419
Roosevelt, Theodore 291, 372, 435
Ross, Brigadier-General A.E. 412, 413
Rowell-Sirois Commission/Report 419, 424
Rowe, William 466
Royal Bank of Canada 48, 71, 72, 134, 296, 298, 299, 308, 459
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 18, 45, 315, 320, 328, 329, 330, 335, 336, 337, 340-345, 347, 402, 442
Royal Commission on Banking and Currency. See MacMillan Commission
Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations. See Rowell-Sirois Commission/Report
Royal Commission on Grain Futures Report 213
Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting. See Aird Commission/Report
Royal Commission on Relief Camps 344
Royal Commission on Unemployment 371
Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation. See Duff Commission
Royal Empire Society 463
Royal Military College 457
Royal North West Mounted Police 442
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts 463
Royal Society of Canada 270
Royalite Oil Company 99
Runciman, Walter 251
Rutherford, Alexander 60, 68, 69, 70, 72
Ryan, Edward 122
Sanford, Percy 124
Saskatchewan (provincehood) 58
Saskatchewan riots 159
Saskatoon Riot 336
Saturday Night magazine 157, 375, 376
Saunders, Charles 387
Sauvé, Arthur 211, 356, 403, 466
Seagram’s 128
Second World War 15, 19, 21, 94, 293, 316, 406, 425, 436-438, 448-453, 460
Selassie, Haile 407
Senate 44, 79, 83, 108, 109, 110, 111, 118, 137, 159, 205, 206, 209, 235, 243, 245, 259, 263, 306, 358, 392, 396, 434
Shaw, Joseph 122, 123, 131, 132
Sherman Grand Theatre (Calgary) 73
Shirreff, J.T. (Harry) 134
Shirreff, Jennie. See Eddy, Jennie (Shirreff)
Shirriff’s 273
Sifton, Arthur 53, 54, 70, 71, 72, 105, 106, 107, 110, 127, 146
Sifton, Clifford 39, 53, 54, 58, 59, 65, 75, 76, 105, 106, 107, 127, 146
Silverwoods Dairy 273
Simpson, Jeffrey 23
Simpson, Tom 356
Simpson, Wallis 425
Sirois, Joseph 424
Sitka Spruce Lumber Company 450
Skelton, Oscar 212, 213, 223, 387, 406, 407, 409
Smith, Adam 161
Smith, Bill. See De Cosmos, Amor
Smoot-Hawley Tarriff Act 224-225, 260
Snowball, Frances 32
Social Credit Party 145, 402, 403, 410, 461
socialism 18, 269, 367, 370, 371, 373, 377, 399, 403, 454
Sons of Temperance Lodge 35
South Africa 223, 255, 259, 386, 426, 435, 438
Southern Alberta Patriotic Fund 92
Spanish Civil War 343
Spanish flu pandemic 121, 122, 129
Speech(es) from the Throne 81, 220, 236, 269, 285, 378, 379, 381, 382, 390
St. Laurent, Louis 162, 271, 294, 419
St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty 291
St. Lawrence Seaway 18, 162, 192, 197, 261, 268, 280, 280-293, 312, 316
St. Lawrence Seaway Treaty 293
Stalin, Josef 325, 346, 404, 437, 487
Standard Theatre (Toronto) 326
Stanford University 287
Statistics Canada 216
Statute of Westminster 227, 228, 231
Stevens, Henry Herbert 138, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 155, 161, 163, 164, 176, 190, 200, 204, 206, 210, 226, 248, 250, 253, 254, 314, 346, 346-362, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 366, 375, 390, 390-394, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396, 399, 402, 410, 411, 411-414, 412, 413, 414, 430, 432, 467
Stevenson, Dr. R.S. 385
Stewart, Hugh 466
Stewart, J.L. 37
Stewart, Brigadier General John Smith 226, 353
Stiles, David 27
Stimson, Henry 289
stock market 134, 183, 183-185, 185, 186, 401
Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord 40
strikes 48, 130, 191, 319, 325, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 339, 342, 344, 345, 346, 400. See also riots; Vancouver Strike; Winnipeg General Strike
Struthers, Jim 24
Study Club 353
Supertest Petroleum 273
Supreme Court of Alberta 71, 111, 112, 122
Supreme Court of Canada 18, 112, 123, 228, 229, 232, 274, 282, 382, 387, 418-421, 419, 420, 421, 434
Supreme Court (US) 419
Sutherland, Donald 466
Sweeney, R.O. 283
Switzerland 380
Tallon, R.J. 243
Tariff Board 389
tariffs 56, 82, 120, 121, 131, 144, 162, 165, 184, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195, 198, 221, 222, 224, 225, 229, 231, 236, 237, 246, 247, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 270, 297, 398
Taschereau, Louis-Alexandre 232, 282, 283, 290, 293, 299, 300, 367
Tempest, George 46
Thomas, J.H. 25, 102, 232, 250, 251, 454
Thompson, Sir John 44
Thornton, Sir Henry 241, 242, 243, 244
Tolmie, Simon Fraser 176
Toronto Board of Trade 383
Toronto Garment Workers 330
Toronto General Hospital 352
Toronto Retail Meat Dealers Association 349
Tory, Dr. Herbert 235
Toryism 21, 25, 75, 81, 157, 159, 160, 161, 166, 188, 189, 190, 191, 235, 246, 268, 313, 362, 364, 369, 414, 433, 448, 468
Trades and Labour Congress 270, 271
Transport Act 245
Treaty of Versailles 116, 160, 382
Trinity College 232
Trudeau, Margaret 96
Trudeau, Pierre 96, 162, 164, 208, 211, 212, 227, 228, 229, 259, 345, 360, 370, 376, 402, 415, 423
Tummon, William 272
Tupper, Sir Charles 44, 160, 172
Turnbull, F.W. 421
Turner, John 360
U
Underhill, Frank 425
unemployment 24, 163, 185, 189, 190, 191, 197, 198, 216, 219, 221, 239, 244, 297, 314, 372, 379, 380, 382, 392, 401, 413
Unemployment Act 371
unemployment insurance 18, 135, 137, 182, 185, 190, 191, 337, 371, 372, 379, 380, 380-382, 381, 397, 399, 424, 425
Unemployment Relief Act 221, 239
unfair pricing 348, 349, 350, 362, 388
Union government 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 116, 117, 118, 130, 147, 149, 153, 160, 221
Union Nationale 145
Union Trust 48
United Farmers of Alberta Party 101, 121, 132, 143
United Farmers of Manitoba 130
United Farmers of Ontario 130
United Nations 409
United States
monetary policy 297
power/influence 74, 137, 138, 159, 223, 224, 225, 246, 249, 260, 261, 268, 270, 271, 281, 294, 297, 301, 305, 343
protectionism 17, 131, 194, 195, 222, 224, 225, 229, 259
trade 19, 74, 75, 81, 82, 188, 194, 222, 223, 229, 237, 247, 248, 255, 259-266, 286, 290, 292, 293, 376, 390, 398
United States Congress 74, 131, 224, 249, 264, 270, 293
University of Alberta 457, 459
University of Calgary 186
University of Chicago 120, 312
University of Edinburgh 232
University of Manitoba 420
University of New Brunswick 94, 459
University of Toronto 120, 213, 352, 436
Vancouver Strike 164, 314, 331, 331-334, 343, 344, 345, 347, 392
Veterans’ Association (RCMP) 442
VIA Rail 277
Victoria Arena (Calgary) 93
Victoria race riots 164
Vimy Ridge, battle 117, 128, 133, 223, 232
Walsh, Jim 348
War Measures Act 103, 324, 345
War Time Elections Act 106, 117
Ward, J.B. 244
Washington Conversations 262
Watts, George 311
Weekly Day of Rest Act 385
Weir, Robert 204, 337, 389, 465
Weldon, Dr. Richard 31, 35, 36, 40, 458
welfare 19, 23, 185, 186, 221, 244, 380, 454, 455
Wells, H.G. 65
Weston, Willard 456
Wheat Board Act 389
White, Sir Thomas 117, 301, 305
Whitton, Charlotte 316, 387, 452
Widows’, Orphans’, and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 371
Wilbur, Richard 11
Wilbur, W. 345
Williams, Bishop 103
Wilson, Cairine 271
Windsor, Evelyn 32
Winnipeg General Strike 101, 129, 159, 189, 324
Winter, W.R. 122
Women’s Auxiliary of Calgary 330
women’s rights 49, 100, 148, 149, 163, 350, 428, 457
Wood, Henry Wise 130
Woodsworth, James Shaver 90, 129, 132, 144, 162, 185, 189, 190, 269, 304, 307, 318, 324, 328, 342, 344, 402
work camps 315
work hours 18, 49, 161, 163, 216, 217, 236, 337, 348, 349, 399
workers 18, 48, 49, 51, 102, 118, 121, 184, 200, 218, 222, 236, 264, 281, 296, 315, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 325, 327-332, 337-340, 344, 348, 349, 372, 375, 385, 449, 450, 451
Worker’s Compensation Board 220
Workers Protective Association 329, 330
World Monetary and Economic Conference (1933) 255, 262, 300, 301
World War I. See First World War
World War II. See Second World War
World Wheat Conference (1933) 255
Wright, R.A. 308
Y
Young Conservatives Club 383
Z
Zakuta, Leo 158